VOV.VN - The 19th Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Festival attracted roughly 190,000 visitors with travel firms grossing VND105 billion in revenue during the course of the four-day event, according to details given by the Department of Tourism of Ho Chi Minh City.

Vietravel Airlines plans to increase the number of its domestic and international flights, and launch air ticket promotion programmes in the coming summer to meet the increasing travel demand in the peak period.

VOV.VN - Cam Ranh International Airport in Khanh Hoa province, central Vietnam, on March 28 received Viettravel Airlines’ first charter flight from Daegu, the Republic of Korea (RoK).

Outbound tours are preferred by Vietnamese travellers for the coming holidays starting on April 29, according to travel agents and tour operators.

VOV.VN - Vietnam should revise its inefficient visa policy or it will lose out to regional neighbours in attracting foreign travelers, said experts at a recent seminar held in Ho Chi Minh City.

VOV.VN - With China continuing to close its doors to Vietnamese tourism, travel firms are encouraged to explore additional opportunities from high-end markets such as Japan, the Republic of Korea, Australia, Europe, and the United States among others.

A flight of Vietravel Airlines departing from Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City landed at Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok on February 9, marking the airline's first commercial route linking the two major cities of Vietnam and Thailand.

VOV.VN - Vietravel Airlines’ flight VU131 took off from Tan Son Nhat International Airport and landed at Suvarnabhumi Airport on February 9, marking the launch of the first commercial route connecting Ho Chi Minh with the Thai capital Bangkok.

Around 18,000 Vietnamese tourists chose outbound tours through travel agencies in Ho Chi Minh City during the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday this year, spending a total of VND430 billion (US$18.3 million), according to a report from the city's Department of Tourism.

The Tet (Lunar New Year) tourism market this year is assessed to be more exciting, as diverse domestic, inbound and outbound tours are offered.